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No friends in high school: What am I doing wrong?

November 10, 2012 | By | 7 Replies Continue Reading

I’m nice, inclusive, and enthusiastic but I’m facing this problem that is starting to make me feel so depressed: I don’t have any friends. In middle school, I faced the normal crap that evil children everywhere seem to put on others, which is why I was excited to go to a high school where I knew absolutely no one, to start fresh. A very brave move: going from a private school knowing the same 60 people your whole life, to public school with 1300 kids,

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Friendship and retirement planning

November 8, 2012 | By | 3 Replies Continue Reading

I am a professional in my early sixties and plan to retire in three years when I am 65 year old. I am married to a very good man, have a grown up beautiful daughter yet I find myself feeling very lonely at times.

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No Friends: Why can’t I connect with a friend?

April 26, 2012 | By | 5 Replies Continue Reading

I’m 63, retired, happily married and count my blessings. But despite a lot of effort, time, thought and I might add, money, I have completely failed in building any kind of social circle.

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Why would someone have no friends?

April 17, 2011 | By | 496 Replies Continue Reading

I am so happy to have found your blog! I have a problem that has been ongoing for my entire life, pretty much. I have no friends. Well, let me restate that: I have no friends who keep in touch without me doing all the effort and even then it is spotty! I am 35 years old.

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My daughter feels like an outcast at school: What should I do?

October 27, 2010 | By | 21 Replies Continue Reading

My daughter is 14-years-old. She is very bright and is in the top 1/3 in all her classes. She is also involved in a music group, does drama, teaches music to younger children, sports, dancing and ballet—a general all-rounder. However I worry as she has no close friends and she feels very much an outcast at school.

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Making friends at 60: “I don’t want to die alone…”

March 14, 2010 | By | 716 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION Dear Irene, How does one get over being so alone? I do have a few very good friends, but too few! I am dying of loneliness! I don’t know what’s  wrong with me that I can’t seem to “connect” and make new friends. I don’t want to die alone too! I’m turning 60 this [...]

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